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Junior John MacNamara ran at the first-string tailback position yesterday as the varsity football team scrimmaged in preparation for Saturday's game with Cornell. The team leaves for Ithaca at 10 p.m. tonight by sleeper...
MacNamara, who has been bothered on and off for the last few weeks with a sore leg, ran in place of regular tailback Dick Clasby. Clasby is suffering from a pulled muscle, and did not scrimmage. He did work out along the sidelines, however, and should be ready for Saturday's contest...
...defensive squad donned padded suits while the first string offense sent pass and running plays at them from single and double wing formations. Coach Lloyd Jordan continued to experiment with his backfield, having at various times Bob Ray, Dusty Burke, and John McNamara running and passing from the tailback position. Former fullback Ray and Burke, previously a defensive end, ran both hard and well in the hour-long scrimmage...
...game progressed from bad to much worse, DICK CLASBY (40) performed very well in an all-out attempt for one Crimson score. In the fourth period, after Columbia's fifth touchdown, Clasby completed several consecutive passes. On the above play, however, the ball squirted high out of the tailback's arms, and was recovered by Lion BOB WALLACE (82)--giving the final gasp to Harvard's last scoring threat...
...added pitch-and-pass sequences to his assortment of wingback, tailback, fullback, and even single-wing quarterback passes...